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News Release from: The Reel and Shaft Handling Company
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 September 2006
Innovative shaft and reel handling
solutions
The Reel and Shaft Handling Company, (RSHCo) has announced orders for bespoke handling equipment, following the success of innovative shaft and reel handling solutions.
The Reel and Shaft Handling Company, (RSHCo) has announced further orders for bespoke handling equipment, following the success of innovative shaft and reel handling solutions to handling problems around slitters and winders at two prominent UK manufacturing plants In the first installation, the RSHCo recently successfully installed the newly developed Weston-Mk5 Shaft Lifter to cover the unwind and rewind of an embosser at the Tullis Russell Paper Mill in Markinch, Fife
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Jan 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The lightweight system comprises a Weston-Mk5 Shaft lifter and hoist suspended from a lightweight Movomech Aluminium rail system.
This allows operators to pick-up a 90Kg airshaft direct from the wound reel at the rewind and transfer it back to the unwind for insertion into the new reel.
All this is carried out with minimal 'finger-light' effort, from the operator with all controls for the hoist and for grip/release of the shaft being built into a compact and ergonomic control box.
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The hoist and actuators are all pneumatic, making the system suitable for ATEX Zone 2 applications.
The Mk5 has since been promoted to UK converting machine builders as a uniquely simple handling device, resulting in further orders for handling equipment from paper mills and converters.
In the second installation, at the Alcan Packaging plant in Cumbria, the RSHCo addressed the problem of operators handling vertical reels up to 50Kg in weight, coming from the slitters onto pallets.
A key factor was problem of coping with different reel and core sizes, whilst allowing quick engagement/disengagement.
The obvious solution was to modify a vacuum lifter to seal the cores and lift reels vertically by applying vacuum to the reel end.
However, the wide variation in reel sizes and weights meant that the lifting speeds could vary dramatically from reel to reel.
The solution was to use a rotary throttle controlled lifting head.
This was immediately familiar to operators and with minimal training, the operators were able to control the movement and hover the reels in mid-air allowing them to be wrapped.
Two vacuum handling systems covering two packing stations were installed on a common Movomech Lightweight Aluminium rail system, which was supported from twin cantilever frames.
The handling systems have since been promoted to UK converting machine builders as uniquely simple handling devices, resulting in further orders for handling equipment from paper mills and converters.
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